The screw speed was 50 rpm. The extrusion pressure
was approximately 3.4 bar, and the temperature of the pasta
after the extrusion was 27 C to 28 C.
An aliquot (40%) of the extruded pasta was pasteurised with
steam for 3 min at 90 C and then
mechanically transferred into a drying chamber and dried for
1 min with hot air.